Colic severe abdominal - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What does triaging do? Correct Answer *acts as gatekeeper* helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst Correct Answer highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first) What is a good model for triaging patients? Correct Answer ABCs Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? Correct Answer NO Which triage situation uses tags? Correct Answer mas...

Antiseptic - ACCURATE ANSWERChemical agent applied to living tissue to prevent growth and reproduction of microorganisms Colic - ACCURATE ANSWERsevere abdominal pain; syndrome caused by severe paroxsysmal pain due to disease of an abdominal organ Distemper - ACCURATE ANSWERA viral infection affecting several species; characterized in dogs by discharges from eyes And nose, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing and seizures. Fomite - ACCURATE ANSWERA physical object that serves to transmit an inf...

A 55 y.o. male patient is having a medical work-up for possible bladder cancer. While taking the patient's history, the nurse should focus on which risk factor for bladder cancer? His father died of prostate cancer. 40 year smoking history of 1-1.5 packs per day. He owns a butcher shop. History of an acute urinary tract infection last year. 40 year smoking history of 1-1.5 packs per day A client with a kidney stone develops renal colic. Typically, what kind of description of renal colic can th...

what are the examples of patient problems that are considered priority in the ED? - ️️chest pain, stroke, sepsis, pneumonia three tier model - ️️emergent urgent nonurgent emergent triage - ️️immediate threat to life or limb respiratory distress chest pain with diaphoresis stroke active hemorrhage unstable VS urgent triage - ️️should be seen quickly but that immediate threat to life does not exist at the moment severe abdominal pain renal colic displaced or ...

WGU Pathophysiology D236 Exam1 Questions with Correct Answers. WGU Pathophysiology D236 Exam1 Questions Which types of tissue most often develop tumors? Epithelial and connective tissues What are the following benign tumors? Papilloma - A wart Lipoma - begins in the fatty tissue Myoma - Fibroid Chondroma - Tumor of cartilage cells What are sarcomas? They are tumors that can be found anywhere and begin in connective tissue What are the early signs of lymphoma Fevers and night swea...

Signs and symptoms of renal calculi - ANS: • Renal Colic (+ CVA Tenderness), intense flank pain • Severe pain (+/- Nausea and Vomiting) • Hematuria, cloudy urine, painful urination • Urinary retention incontinence - ANS: inability to control bladder and/or bowels Types of incontinence - ANS: 1. Stress Loss of small amounts of urine from increased abdominal pressure without bladder muscle contraction with laughing, sneezing, or lifting. 2. Urge Inability to stop urine fl...

what are the examples of patient problems that are considered priority in the ED? - chest pain, stroke, sepsis, pneumonia three tier model - emergent urgent nonurgent emergent triage - immediate threat to life or limb respiratory distress chest pain with diaphoresis stroke active hemorrhage unstable VS urgent triage - should be seen quickly but that immediate threat to life does not exist at the moment severe abdominal pain renal colic displaced or multiple fractures complex or...

Exam 2: NURS5333/ NURS 5333 (Latest Update) Family I | Qs & As| 100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers) Q: What are nutritional requirements during pregnancy? Calories? Folic acid? Iron? etc Answer: Calories need to be increased by about 300-kilo calories per day,0.4 milligrams per day, some recommend more than that of folic acid, elemental iron at about 30 milligrams a day, and calcium, 1200 milligrams a day. Q: What is the recommended weight gain during pregnancy? Normal weig...

Summary WGU Pathophysiology WGU patho D236 Exam Questions Which types of tissue most often develop tumors? Epithelial and connective tissues What are the following benign tumors? Papilloma - A wart Lipoma - begins in the fatty tissue Myoma - Fibroid Chondroma - Tumor of cartilage cells What are sarcomas? They are tumors that can be found anywhere and begin in connective tissue What are the early signs of lymphoma Fevers and night sweats What is radiation therapy When seeds are i...

A client who has been diagnosed with calculi reports that the pain is intermittent and less colicky. Which of the following nursing actions is most important at this time? A. Report hematuria to the physician B. Strain the urine carefully C. Administer meperidine (Demerol) every 3 hours D. Apply warm compresses to the flank area  B. Strain the urine carefully Intermittent pain that is less colicky indicates that the calculi may be moving along the urinary tract. Fluids should be enc...